TY  - BOOK
AU  - Klärner,Andreas
AU  - Gamper,Markus
AU  - Keim-Klärner,Sylvia
AU  - Moor,Irene
AU  - von der Lippe,Holger
AU  - Vonneilich,Nico
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Social Networks and Health Inequalities: A New Perspective for Research 
SN  - 9783030977221
AV  - RA418-418.5 
U1  - 306.461 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Social medicine
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Gerontology
KW  - Social service
KW  - Health, Medicine and Society
KW  - Medical Sociology
KW  - Social Work
N1  - Open Access
N2  - This open access book applies insights from the network perspective in health research to explain the reproduction of health inequalities. It discusses the extant literature in this field that strongly correlates differences in social status with health behaviours and outcomes, and add to this literature by providing a coherent theoretical explanation for the causes of these health inequalities. It also shows that much research is needed on the precise factors and the social and socio-psychological mechanisms that are at play in creating and cementing social inequalities in health behaviours. While social support and social relations have received considerable attention within social and behavioural science research on health inequalities, this book considers the whole network of interpersonal relations, structures and influence mechanisms. This is the perspective of the social network analytical approach which has recently gained much attention in health research. The chapters of this book cover state-of-the-art research, open research questions, and perspectives for future research. The book provides network analyses on health inequalities from the perspective of sociology, psychology, and public health and is of interest to a wide range of scholars, students and practitioners trying to understand how health inequalities are reproduced across generations
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97722-1
ER  -